Dan Q
This checkin to GC9GK2J Little Miss Whoops reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
My, that’s deviously tiny and tightly fits its hiding place! Glad I was out here without the thronging mob of festival footfall or I’d have looked a right wally searching for it. Wouldn’t have stood a chance without the hint! Greeted ducks as instructed. TFTC!
This checkin to GC9GGK7 Little Miss Sunshine reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Like other recent finders, I’m here for the festival. Unlike some of them, though, I’ve had the foresight to come out shortly after dawn after the last night of music to be able to walk and cache without the crowds!
An easy find – I almost stood on tree cache while reaching deeper than I needed to into my first assumption about its hiding place! Love finding proper-sized caches in sensible hiding places like this: not those endless micro-in-a-hedge affairs you sometimes see. TFTC!
This checkin to GC9H105 Mr Nonsense reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
While free rest of the festival nursed their hangovers or simply enjoyed a much-needed lie-in after staying up late singing “Meet on the Ledge”, I got up early and came out for a walk. And, I figured, given the relative quiet of the canalside for the first time in a few days, an opportunity to find a geocache or two.
Comong among the road from the East – where I’ve camped – at first I was stumped as to where this could be hidden. As soon as I changed to a different path I immediately worked out where to look. TFTC!
This checkin to GC9EXX4 The Bisected Footpath of Blackditch Fields reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Geopooch and I checked-up on this cache as it’s not seen much activity this year. It’s in good condition and ripe for finding, so we left it be.
This checkin to GC8MZ4G Don't Bate Me Up reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
No luck for me here. Hunted around the obvious host but even with the hint I wasn’t seeing success. Turned on my ANT gear to try to find the Chirp but couldn’t pick up anything: does this cache actually have a beacon, per its attributes? If so, it’s probably missing ‘cos I couldn’t pick it up.
Also, very disappointed that a previous visitor took it upon themselves to vandalise the GZ with graffiti (pictured). Boo!
This checkin to GC3WYMN Tactically Clever Placing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Solved the puzzle long ago – helps that I have a Universal Drive for Perfection and know my numbers. But came by the GZ today and had no luck. Hunted in and around the obvious candidate – my shoelaces must be super loose! – and then its two friends without success. Maybe I’ll revisit when it’s less busy here.
This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Following a recent DNF log I cycled by the cache this lunchtime to check up on it. It’s still in-place and healthy! (And it’s possibly even slightly visible in my attached picture, though perhaps not at the resolution it’ll appear on the Web!)
This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Quick maintenance visit/check-in while out walking the dog. All is well!
This checkin to GC7RN72 #33 D.J.F. – Moana reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Stared at its excellent camouflage for a while before realising what this was! Paddled down by inflatable canoe (picture attached) and landed right by here. Thought to check for local caches as we deflated the boats and was delighted that this one was right here in this picturesque spot! TFTC.
This checkin to GC1EGCZ Symonds Yat Rock reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Came up during a break in the rain during our holiday weekend in the valley. Greetings from Oxfordshire! TFTC.
This checkin to GC9Q4JG Timms Estate reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
I’ve been working in Banbury this morning while my car was being serviced at the nearby garage. Once I got the call to say it had been done and I could come and collect it I walked back past this cache. Instant find. TFTC!
This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Routine maintenance visit. Came in via the path through the field to the North (pictured) which was pretty challenging because the “path” is almost as deep in vegetation as the cornfield that straddles it! Gloriously hot today, and the elder tree at the GZ smells lush!
Pleased to see a log entry from March by some picknickers who found the cache by accident. Delightful!
Cache remains in fine condition and ready to be found!
This checkin to GC9EXXC Shady Seat on The Green reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
On our way back from the village fete we stopped for a maintenance visit (and to eat our ice creams at the GZ!). Cache is in fine working order.
This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Quick maintenance check while in the vicinity. All is well!
This checkin to GC90RH3 Tiny Log Book reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
This morning two men from the council turned up at my door and asked if they could borrow my driveway to park their vehicle. We got chatting, and it turned out that they were going to be working on footpath maintenance nearby. Realising where they meant, I asked for more information about their work: their plan was to remove the footbridge which acts as the home to this geocache, and replace it with a new one a couple of metres over in order to bring the path in-line with its “correct” location!
So I wandered out with them and removed the geocache before they got started on removing the bridge. I might be able to replace it after the new bridge is built, but – based on their description of the new bridge – it might need to be a different design of cache, so for now I’m archiving this one. This is perhaps my happiest cache-archiving ever.
I confirmed that this team weren’t the bridge inspection team who wrote a lovely log in a cache of mine hidden under a different bridge in this area, but they said that they do occasionally find caches as part of their work and try to return them as-they-found-them. Delightful conversation.